Counterfeiters forge wrong dinar
ISTANBUL – Anatolia News Agency
Police have arrested 12 people who mistakenly forged Iraqi dinars and other currencies and official documents, news reports said Thursday.
The group was arrested in seven raids around Istanbul on Jan. 7.
The police found 250 fake traffic registration documents, 61 fake holograms, 15 fake drivers licenses, dozens of fake stamps from state offices and lastly 180 fake Iraqi dinars with a denomination of 25,000. The police also seized various equipment used in counterfeiting.
It appears the group thought they were forging a valuable currency when they started working on the Iraqi dinars. Currently one dollar buys 1,213 Iraqi dinars, while the same dollar can buy only 0.27 Kuwaiti dinars.
The suspects told the police they had made a loss in forging the Iraqi money.
Police officials said the suspects had informed the police about each other.